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loben

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German loben, from Old High German lobēn or lobōn.

Cognate with Old English lofian, Old Norse lofa, Low German löven, Dutch loven, Swedish lova. More at lofe.

The verb loben is related to the noun Lob. It is not clear if the verb is derived from the noun or vice versa.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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loben (weak, third-person singular present lobt, past tense lobte, past participle gelobt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to praise
    Antonym: tadeln
    • 2012, Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann, ICH - dann eine Weile nichts, page 128:
      Ich lob mich selbst.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2013, Euripides, translated by J. A. Hartung, edited by Karl-Maria Guth, Iphigenie in Aulis, Sammlung Hofenberg im Verlag der Contumax GmbH, translation of Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι [Iphigéneia en Aulídi] (in Ancient Greek), page 17:
      Ich lob es, Bruder, daß du mir ein wackres Wort
      Und deiner würdiges wider mein Erwarten beutst!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1839, Shakspeare, Aug. Wilh. v. Schlegel and Ludwig Tieck (translators), Shakspeare's dramatische Werke übersetzt von Aug. Wilh. v. Schlegel und Ludwig Tieck. Zehnter Band. Antonius und Cleopatra. Maaß für Maaß. Timon von Athen., Berlin, page 131 (part of: Antonius und Cleopatra, fünfter Aufzug, zweite Scene):
      Ich lob' euch
      Für eure Klugheit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Note: The first person singular indicative present active can colloquially also be lob' and lob.
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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “loben”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • loben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • loben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • loben” in Duden online
  • loben” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish

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Noun

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loben

  1. definite singular of lob